Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sends an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, but will likely skip visiting to avoid a...

Grey mullet season opens and vendors begin making karasumi, a local delicacy.

An antinuclear candidate is elected Niigata governor, complicating Japan's plans to restart its nuclear plants.

A long and steep playground slide called "Japan's most dangerous" has reopened.

Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for literature has books flying off the shelves in Japan.

Six months after a series of quakes rocked southwestern Japan, the hard-hit town of Mashiki and surrounding areas in Kum...

People in western Japan get a rare and stunning visual treat this morning courtesy of perfect weather conditions.

A panel considering the possible abdication of Japan's Emperor Akihito meets for the first time next week.

A Japanese atomic bomb survivor investigating the fates of Americans who died in the attacks receives one of his country...

The investigation of Wednesday's massive Tokyo blackout is underway.